1 Sep 05

Commencement seem like very long ago. The photos i took are already washed and on my tables for years. 5 week crush course at SMA is a killer. Lost track of time and space. Trying to meet chaw siong to get the book from him but with no success cos i stay in nus till very late.

2 days ago, yuling drop an email. she lost her hp n ask us to drop her a sms. I did n she told me she is at home marking cos tmrw is teachers' day. It was only then that i realise that 1 sep is coming. It is time to send out the photos i took during commencement to the profs. I was planning to do it right after commencement, but ....... time flies.....all because of murali

I think it was in yr 2 that i start sending electronic cards to prof during teachers' day. Not all the prof, those that i knew, which make up abt 1/2 of all ME prof. Teachers has a special place in my heart. I had my own fair share of the terrible + horrible n the very good one. My Sec 3-4 chinese teacher renew my interest in chinese, which stagnated when my aunt (which is my chinese tutor for pri sch) moved to JB. My JC chinese teacher intro me to the contemporary chinese works of HK n taiwan and i never left since. (not surprising, i know almost all the chinese teacher in VJ).

My sec 3-4 english teacher was a very boring lady. Nobody in our class like her lesson. She is sensitive to chalk n never touch the blackboard (only twice in 2 yr, once with a piece of paper wrapping the chalk, n once by bare hand cos the VP was ard). In JC, 2 years w 3 GP tutors. My ang mo has never been powerful till today.

I remember in sec 3, we have a new principle and during CNY, he re-started the old tradition of every students bringing 2 oranges to school. It was to be collected and sent to the old folks home on CNY eve. It was stopped by the old principle when some parents told the press abt it, but said that the oranges r meant for the teachers. I told my ah ma abt it n she said even if the oranges r for the teachers, there is nothing wrong w it. The teacher is there to impart u knowledge and morals and the way of life. She /He is an important influence on us. Giving her/him 2 oranges on CNY eve is only a very small token of appreciation.

since young, i learned that teacher is a very influencing person in your life. they can make or break u. It is only right to show respect n appreciation to those who gave u so much. For the good teachers, they r something more than just coming to work n teach n get a salary. The profs i known over the past 3 or 4 years have a great impact on my life. I bother them alot, remember that prof christina lim is so glad that i am not taking any mat mod in yr 3 n 4. i seek advice from them alot, look for prof khoo, prof lim, prof leng, prof liu no less than 10 time regarding sma, a* or ngs. Prof Chew gave alot of advice abt the tough working life. Prof Cheng tuaght me the way to do research, she asked me once to explain a concept to the class in LT7 but i declined, too scary, haha. Prof lim CT told the interesting field of life sci, prof Vincent Tan told me abt nano n of cse prof yap taught me alot on research. Almost forgot, Prof Lim SC told me that ME still have a bright future.

Sending them a thank you card on teachers' day, i believe that i am already doing less than what i shld be doing. My bro told me that is "sa ka" to the face. but i dont mind what others think.